HORTICULTURE 



August 12, 1905 



Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists. 



LIST OF CONVENTIONS, OFFICERS AND SUBJECTS DISCUSSED, UP TO THE PRESENT TIME. 



Cincinnati, O., August 12, 13, 14, 1885. 

 Officers. — President, John Tliorpe, 



Queens, N. Y.; Vice-President. J. M. 



.Jordan, St. Louis, Mo.; Secretary, E. 



G. Hill. Richmond, Ind.; Treasurer, M. 



A. Hunt, Chicago, 111. 

 Lectures and Papers. — Diseases of 



Plants and their remedies, Charles 



Henderson; Plant Nomenclature, Rob, 



ert .1. Halliday; The Cut Flower Trade, 



William J. Stewart; Roses, J. N. May; 



Spring and Summer Cut Flowers, H. 



Michael; Steam vs. Hot Water, John 

 Thorpe. 



Philadelphia, Pa., August 18, 19, 20, 

 21, 1886. 

 Officers.— President, John Thorpe, 

 Queens, N. Y.; Vice-President, Robsrt 

 Craig. Philadelphia, Pa.; Secretary, E. 

 G. Hill, Richmond, Ind.; Treasurer, M. 

 A. Hunt, Chicago, 111. 



Executive Committee.— R. S. Brown, 

 J. C. Vaughan, R. J. Halliday, H. Sun- 

 derbruch, J. Y. Murkland, George 

 Field, B. P. Critchell, J. M. Jordan, J. 

 N. May. 



Lectures and Papers. — What the 

 Craft has been doing the past Forty 

 Years, Peter Henderson; Treatment of 

 Tea Roses during Summer, A. Wintzer. 

 Hybrid Perpetual Roses for Out Door 

 Summer Bloom, John Henderson; Pot 

 Grown Roses for Market Purposes, 

 Robert Craig: Greenhouses and How 

 to Buil« Them, J. N. May; Pot Grown 

 Decorative Foliage Plants, James Tap- 

 lin; Carnations and Their Treatment, 

 Joseph Tailby; Making up Floral De- 

 signs, A. Le Moult; Advantages of Hot 

 Water Over Steam for Heating Pur- 

 poses, J. D. Carmody. 



Chicago, 111., August 16, 17, 18, 1887. 

 Officers.— President, Robert Craig, 

 Philadelphia; Vice-President, J. C. 

 Vaughan, Chicago; Secretary, Edwin 

 Lonsdale, Chestnut Hill, Pa.; Treas- 

 urer. M. A. Hunt, Terre Haute, Ind. 



Executive Committee.— John Thorp-. 

 R. J. Halliday, J. M. Jordan. C. B. 

 Whitnal, E. G. Hill, H. A. Siebrecht. J. 

 N. May, Alex. Murdoch, W. J. Stewart. 

 Lectures and Papers. — Hybridizing 

 and Cross Fertilization, John Thorpe; 

 Summer Propagation of Roses. E. G. 

 Hill; Roses on Stocks. Charles P. An- 

 derson; Orchids, H. A. Siebrecht; Forc- 

 ing Hardy Shrubs, Jackson Dawson; 

 Retail Flower Business, J. M. Jordan; 

 Business Methods, A. E. Whittle. 

 New York, N. Y., August 21, 22, 2S, 

 1888, 

 Officers.— President, E. G. Hill, Rich- 

 mond, Ind.; Vice-President, J. N. May, 

 Summit, N. J.; Secretary, W. J. Stew- 

 art. Boston; Treasurer, M. A. Hunt, 

 Terre Haute, Ind. 



Executive Committee. — Peter Hen- 

 derson, A. P. Calder, C. D. Ball, F. 

 R. Pierson, H. Michel, J. M. Keller, A. 

 M. Whittle, J. D. Raynolds, W. G. 

 Bertermann. 



Lectures and Papers. — The Elevation 

 of our Busines.s, H. H. Battles; Perns, 

 Palms and Other Decorative Plants, C. 

 D. Ball; Roses from the Retailer's 

 Standpoint, Thomas Cartledge; Roses 

 from the Grower's Standpoint, Edwin 

 Lonsdale; Nomenclature, R. J. Halli- 

 day; Modes of Heating and Relative 

 Cost of Construct if)n and Operation, 

 J. D. Raynolds; Soils and Fertilizers, 

 J. H. Taylor. 



Buffalo, N. Y., August 20, 21, 22, 2:!, 

 1889. 



Officers.— President, J. N. May, Sum- 

 mit, N. J.; Vice-President, W. J. 

 Palmer, Buffalo, N. Y.; Secretary, Wm. 

 J. Stewart, Boston, Mass.; Treasurer, 

 M. A. Hunt, Terre Haute, Ind. 



Executive Committee. — Peter Hen- 

 derson. A. P. Calder, C. D. Ball, R. J. 

 Halliday, J. M. Keller, A. E. Whittle. 

 J. D. Raynolds, J. T. Temple, Frank 

 Huntsman. 



Lectures and Papers. — Some of the 

 Best Roses of Recent Years. W. C. 

 Barry; The Elevation of Our Business, 

 Robert Craig; Education, H. H. Bat- 

 tles; An Experimental Garden. John 

 Thorpe; Summer Blooming Flowers 

 for Florists' Use. A. E. Whittle; Hor- 

 ticultural Exhibitions, Edwin Lons- 

 dale; Making and Application of Heat 

 as Used in Greenhouses. J. S. Wi 



liams; Landscape Gardening, Wm. Mc- 

 Millan; Orchids, the Natural Habitat 

 of the Leading Varieties, I. Forster- 

 mann. 



Boston, Mass., August 19, 20, 21, 22, 

 1890. 



Officers. — President, J. M. Jordan, 

 St. Louis, Mo.; Vice-President, M. H. 

 Norton, Boston, Mass.; Secretary, 

 Wm. J. Stewart, Boston, Mass.; Treas- 

 urer, M. A. Hunt, Terre Haute, Ind. 



Executive Committee. — A. P. Calder, 

 .1. M. Keller, J. n. Raynolds, Frank 

 Huntsman, R. J. Halliday, J. T. Tem- 

 ple. John Burton, D. B. Long, Wm. 

 Falconer. 



Lectures and Papers.— Easter Trade, 

 James Dean; System in Business, D. 

 B. Long: The Use of Special Fertil- 

 izers ITnder Glass, Prof. S. T. May- 

 nard: Succulents. E. S. Miller; Hardy 



Herbaceous Plants. J. Woodward Man- 

 ning; Petroleum as Fuel, J. B. Moore; 

 Some Failures and Successes in Cross- 

 ing and Hybridizing, E. S. Carman. 

 Toronto, Ont., August 18, 19, 20, 21, 

 1891. 



Officers.— President, M. H. Norton, 

 Boston, Mass.; Vice-President, John 

 Chambers, Toronto, Ont.; Secretary, 

 Wm. J. Stewart, Boston, Mass.; Treas- 

 urer, M. A. Hunt, Terre Haute, Ind. 



Executive Committee. — Frank Hunts- 

 nuin, Wm. R. Smith, J. T. Temple, 

 Wm. Falconer, John Burton, D. B. 

 Long, Jas. Dean, P. Welch, H. W. 

 Buckbee. 



Lectures and Papers. — The Future 

 of Horticulture in America, W. A. 

 Manda; Sub-tropical Bedding, David 

 Allan; Aquatic Plants, Benj. Gi-ey; 

 Credits, H. B. Beatty; .Store Trade, W. 

 H. l.fuig: Winter Flowering Plants for 

 DfM- native Purposes, W. H. Taplin; 

 Begonias, John Chambers; New Car- 

 nations, Fred Dorner; A Review of 

 New Plants, Wm. Falconer, Glen Cove. 

 Washington, D. C, August 17, 18, 19, 

 20, 1892. 



(Officers. — President, James Dean, 

 l:ay Ridge, N. Y.; Vice-President, W. 

 K. Smith, Washington, D. C; Secro- 

 liiry, Wm. J. Stewart, Boston, Mass.; 

 Treasurer, M. A. Hunt, Terre Haute, 

 nd. 



Executive Committee. — Wm. Falcon- 

 ' I . .lohn Burton, D. B. Long, P. Welch, 

 H W. Buckbee, W. A. Manda, C. W. 

 Iloitt, J. H. Dunlop, J. T. Anthony. 



Lectures and Papers. — Fungous and 

 Other Rose Troubles. Prof. Byron D. 

 Halsted; Why Insects Infest Plants, 

 John Saul; The Propagation of Roses, 

 Paul Pierson; The European Bulb 

 Market and the American Buyer, John 

 Reck; Hints on Hybridizing and the 

 provement of Plants, Richard Bagg; 

 Review of New Plants. Wm. Falconer; 

 Cut Flowers for Holiday Demands, 

 Henry Young; Floriculture for 'Chil- 

 dren, Robert Farquhar. 

 St. Louis, Mo., August 9, 10, 11, 12. 

 1893. 



Officers.— President, Wm. R. Smith. 

 Washington, D. C; Vice-President, 

 Prof. Wm. Trelease, St. Louis, Mo.; 

 Secretary, Wm. J. Stewart, Boston, 

 .Mass.; Treasurer, M. A. Hunt, Terre 

 Haute, Ind. 



Executive Committee. — W. A. Man- 

 da, P. Welch, H. W. Buckbee, C. W. 

 Hoitt, J. H. Dunlop, J. T. Anthony, 

 Benj. Durfee, P. O'Mara, H. B. Beatty. 



Lectures and Papers.— Carnations, 



C. H. Allen; Chrysanthemums, Elmer 



D. Smith; Successful Rose Growing, 

 R. F. Tesson; Horticultural Exhibi- 

 tions, W. G. Bertermann; Neglected 

 Plants in Outdoor Decoration, James 

 Gurney; Hybridization, Dr. J. M. Mac- 

 farlane; Labor Saving Devices, P. 

 O'Mara. 



Atlantic City, N. J., August 21, 22, 23, 

 24, 1894. 



Officers.— President, J. T. Anthony, 

 Chicago, III.; Vice-President, Robert 

 Kift, Philadelphia, Pa.; Secretary, Wm. 

 J. Stewart, Boston, Mass.; Treasurer, 

 M. A. Hunt, Terre Haute, Ind. 



Executive Committee.— C. W. Hoitt, 

 J. H. Dunlop, J. C. Vaughn, Benj. Dur- 

 fee, P. O'Mara, H. B. Beatty, Alex. 



